Tom Bailey
Reporter
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
There are 1216 articles by Tom Bailey :
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October 2018
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Real Estate A $300 million development plan that includes one of the city’s largest residential projects in the last 40 years received approval from a planning board on Thursday. -
Real Estate Cash Saver in Cloverleaf will close
The Cash Saver grocery in the Cloverleaf Center will soon close, its owner confirmed Friday. -
Real Estate Regalia’s ‘Sip & Shop’ to raise money for scholarships
The “Sip & Shop at Regalia” event will offer guests tastes of foods and beverages from the center’s restaurants and other businesses, as well as live music, sales and door prizes. -
Business Cut ‘n edge: Uber of lawn care arrives in Memphis
I experimented – up to a point – with the new service in Memphis called Lawn Love, which provides grass mowing, leaf removal or other yard services with the touch of a mobile app or click on the website. -
Real Estate DeSoto 55 erects first two buildings, lands first tenant
The first two buildings in the new DeSoto 55 Logistics Center have been completed and the first tenant has leased 200,000 square feet, developer Core5 Industrial Partners announced Monday. -
Real Estate Sears store at Wolfchase Galleria to close
The Sears department store in Wolfchase Galleria is among the 142 Sears and Kmart stores that will close as a part of the new bankruptcy filing by Sears Holdings Corp. early Monday, court filings show. -
Real Estate Memphians have say on future of Overton Park buildings
About 90 Memphians seized their chance Tuesday evening to say how they think two culturally important – and soon-to-be-vacant – buildings should be reused. -
Real Estate Speculative industrial developer breaks ground, dry spell for Memphis
An industrial developer on Wednesday broke ground, ending an 11-year drought during which no speculative, top-grade distribution centers were built in Memphis. -
Real Estate Union Mission building $34M homeless shelter
The city’s largest emergency shelter for the homeless holds a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the first phase of a $34 million project replacing its outdated facilities Downtown with a 52,875-square-foot complex. -
Business Another neighborhood grocery, Montesi’s, will close
Neighborhood grocery Montesi’s announced this week that it will close by the end of October, becoming the second independent grocery in two weeks to shut its doors along the hard-hit Summer Avenue corridor. -
Business Cordelia’s Market evolves with new words, paint and selections
The grocery store and gathering spot that has served Harbor Town for 20 years will celebrate its renovation and rebranding on Saturday. -
Real Estate Memphis Express chooses Downtown for headquarters
The city’s new professional football team will be headquartered Downtown at the 88 Union Center building. -
Real Estate Brooks wants ‘visual landmark’ museum at the river
A "great achievement in museum design." That is what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art leaders are telling architects they want for the museum’s future home overlooking the Mississippi River in Downtown Memphis. -
Real Estate Chance to design bluff-top art museum draws global response
The two large passenger vans stopped at Union and Front on a gorgeous morning Wednesday and disgorged more than 20 architects from around the U.S. and world as well as Tennessee and Memphis. -
Real Estate Renovated donut shop rounds into shape
An incoming donut shop seems poised to add to the city’s whimsical, kitsch architecture and signage, in the tradition of the rotating Sputnik at Joe’s Wines & Liquor, the flashing neon at Gibson's Donuts and the long-gone Pop Tunes dancing neon musical notes. -
Real Estate Block-long apartment development proposed near U of M
A block-long apartment development of six stories and 114 units is proposed to be built behind St. Luke’s United Methodist Church near the University of Memphis. -
Real Estate DeSoto corporate park sold; vo-tech school to expand
The 32-acre Desoto Farms Corporate Park in Horn Lake has sold, with Delta Technical College planning to expand there, according to commercial real estate investment services firm Marcus & Millichap. -
Real Estate I-40 solar & welcome center finally nears opening
A new Interstate 40 welcome center and solar exhibit near Memphis is expected to be completed in late November, about a year behind schedule. -
Business Concourse starts work on Church Health YMCA swimming pool
The planned swimming pool for Church Health YMCA and Crosstown Concourse will be 2,569 square feet and offer a separate spray/splash area, a deck for lounging, a lift and steps to make the pool accessible, four swim lanes, starting blocks at the deeper end, and an accessory building that houses bathrooms, an office, storage and check-in counter.
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November 2018
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Business Big contractor fills need in U of M neighborhood
The construction firm building the University of Memphis’ $35 million pedestrian bridge, parking garage and plazas this week completed a small project – free of charge – that solves a problem for the adjoining neighborhood. -
Financial Services Home equity: New leader making mark on United Housing
Amy Schaftlein was an elementary student in the Arlington area in the 1990s when her yellow school bus stopped in front of a blighted house. -
Real Estate Sweet success: Gibson’s Donuts expanding yet again
Gibson’s Donuts is about to expand for the second time in less than three years. -
Real Estate Arlington Tennis Center nears construction
Arlington is moving forward with plans to build six tennis courts with an open lawn and other amenities. -
Real Estate Historic Ashlar Hall finally being renovated
The long-suffering Ashlar Hall – the 122-year-old castle-like and historic house – is finally being repaired and restored after years of decay and broken promises. -
Real Estate Board approves Madison Gardens apartments
The Land Use Control Board on Thursday approved a planned development for a three-story, 24-unit apartment building at 1655-1665 Madison in Midtown.
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